Maker Faire: Still Making Rhode Island Awesome
As we head further into the dog days of summer, everything is becoming saturated — political coverage, scandals, humidity and of course my clothes with sweat. Many times over the […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Foo Fest Is Descending
AS220’s Foo Fest, a hallmark of summer in Providence, is happening all day on Saturday, August 13. If you’re not familiar with Foo Fest, questions you may ask yourself could include: […]
Motif’s 5 Event Picks of the Week: July 27 – August 2
Motif Picks July 27 – August 2 Thru July 31 Gallery X, 169 William St, New Bedford. galleryx.org, “Archvillainy: The Art Of The Bad Guy” July 28 An Evening with […]
Know Your Mom and Pop: The Rhody Center for World Music and Dance
Hobbies can be difficult to pursue. Work and real world lives are so time-consuming that discovering an interest on the side can seem like an exhausting idea. However, people who don’t […]
Rock The Block 2016: The Post-Grunge Bands Fest Is Landing
Remember the early ’00s, grasping a sticker-clad plastic guitar and trying to beat all your friends on a now classic game Guitar Hero? What songs do you remember playing? Along […]
RI Cape Verdean History Comes to the Big Screen
The Italian heritage of Federal Hill or the Irish background of Smith Hill are well known to anyone versed in Providence mythology. A less widely known cultural enclave of yore […]
Motif’s 5 Event Picks of the Week: July 20 – July 26
Thru July 24 Harold & Maude, 2nd Story Theatre, 28 Market St, Warren. Rebelling against the privileged life prescribed for him, 19-year-old Harold develops an inexplicably deep and intimate bond […]
Festival51 Brings Women’s Voices to the Stage
Providence-based Festival51 is a rare, honest-to-goodness playwriting festival that opens its doors to women’s work. The festival is in its second year, and after seeing this year’s selected plays, I […]
Motif’s 5 Event Picks of the Week: July 13 – July 19
Damn Yankees, Ocean State Theatre, 1245 Jefferson Blvd, Warwick. Lola wants you to take in this all-American classic musical comedy featuring baseball, actual hell and lots of heart. oceanstatetheatre.org Runs […]
Cruise Down to The Steel Yard
Hamburgers and hot dogs and fireworks. It doesn’t get more American than that, and during the week of the 4th, you probably had more than your fill of all three. […]